Froyennes Communal Cemetery in Tournai, Hainaut

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Coordinates: 50.62582, 3.35909
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Froyennes Communal Cemetery is located 2 km north west of Tournai on a road leading from the N509 which connects Tournai to Froyennes. From Tournai follow the N50 towards Kortrijk for 750 metres to the junction with the N509. The cemetery is located 500 metres along the N509 chaussee de Courtrai, on the right hand side of the road. Historical Information: The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Froyennes Communal Cemetery contains 31 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, six of them unidentified.